Dr. Gillian Mandich

John Turner: An Intimate Biography

September 30th 2024 at 7 pm.

Steve Paikin, TVO current affairs host, journalist, author.

He was only PM for 79 days, but his contribution to Canada was so much more than that.

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Seth Klein

The Great North American Solar Eclipse of 2024 - the tales and the stories from the path of totality. Looking & preparing for the next eclipse.

October 28th 2024 at 7:30 pm.

Jenna Hinds, Executive Director, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
The talk will be about the last solar eclipse, with stories from the path of totality, and how to prepare for future eclipses.
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Sue Lantz

How the History of Financial Fraud and Corporate Shenanigans Keeps Repeating Itself

November 25th 2024 at 7:30 pm.

David Milstead, Globe and Mail business journalist

David Milstead tells how the history of financial fraud and corporate shenanigans keeps repeating itself, with examples from recent articles uncovering fraud.

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David Macpherson

Deep Dark Secrets – Discoveries made in the Canadian Pacific

January 27th 2025 on ZOOM at 7:30 pm.

Heidi Gartner, Biologist, Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Learn about the discoveries made in the deep sea of the Pacific, the amazing technology used to map the deep sea ecosystems, the unique animal observations and ecosystem discoveries.

 

Dr. Lauryn Oates

The Movement toward Reconciliation, and How to make Land Acknowledgements Meaningful

February 24th 2025 on ZOOM at 7:30 pm.

Darin Wybenga, Traditional Knowledge & Land Use Coordinator for people of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Mr. Wybenga started as a history teacher, and continues to teach about the history of First Nations rights, their treaties and the lands where they live.

 

Susan Goldenberg

Artist Claude Monet: his food, his kitchen and his dining room

March 31st 2025 at 7:30 pm.

John Ota, Member of Culinary Historians of Canada, author of The Kitchen.
His talk with images will cover Monets background, approach to painting, his garden, house, kitchen, diningroom and favorite foods. Monet was obsessed with light and colour, and he loved to eat!

 

Rahul Singh

Artificial Intelligence in Today’s World

April 28th 2025 at 7:30 pm.

Markus Giesler, Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University.

New technologies and how they affect human behavior. And what exactly is Artificial Intelligence?

 

 

Merilyn Simonds

The Top 150 Unusual Things to See in Ontario

May 21st 2025 at 5:00 pm.

Ron Brown, Author, geographer, travel writer

His list has now grown to 170 Unusual Things, and he will describe ghost towns and heritage villages across Ontario, among other unusual things.